CH 1

Chapter 1: Night of Confusion

[Sorry, I actually don’t like you, after all.]

In the summer of my 2nd year in highschool, I, Sakurai Haruto, suddenly got confessed to on LIME and then suddenly dumped.

The other party was Hiiragi Mayu from the same grade.

A beautiful girl popular with the boys.

It seems we went to the same preschool but since we went to different elementary and middle schools, I didn’t remember.

Well then to explain this situation in simple terms, one day sometime during the beginning of the summer break, she confessed to me on the communication app LIME.

However, a week after she sent me the aforementioned message.

“Eh…?”

[Sorry. I thought about it myself, I don’t think I can go out with Haruto-kun]

“No way… Even though I actually like Hiiragi-san!”

[I think I only like Haruto-kun as a friend. Well just think of it as a punishment game and give up. Well then, let’s get along as friends from now on.]

Was her reply.

“Haha, that’s not funny at all…”

[I’m sorry, at first I really thought I liked you, you know? But I thought about it and it’s impossible cause we’re not really equals.]

“For that kind of reason…? What about my response?”

[“For that kind of reason” Do you think you’re in a position to say that!? You know how many people have confessed to me, right!?]

Ah… I know.

My best friend was also rejected after all.

I know it very well.

For “That” Hiiragi-san to say that she liked me, I was really happy.

[Ah, and then the 3rd year Sanjou-senpai confessed to me and I gave him the ok]

“Eh!?”

[Well it’s like that, so just give up. Also, let’s just make it that the fact that I confessed to you never happened. If people found out, it would be troublesome in many ways. See ya.]

“W,wait!”

No matter how many messages I sent, far from a reply none of them were even marked as read.

“Ha, haha. As expected, someone like me getting a girlfriend would be impossible after all…”

Putting aside my phone, I hanged my head.

“Haa… if it was gonna be like this I wish you wouldn’t have confessed in the first place.”

Based on Hiiragi-san’s personality, the next time we meet she would probably call out to me like nothing ever happened.

Not even caring that she confessed to me before.

But for me…?

I wouldn’t be able to talk to her. After all, I got told that she didn’t even like me in the first place.

“Fortunately it’s summer right now, so I don’t have to meet her anytime soon”

I’m not in any clubs, don’t have any plans to go out, and don’t really roam around outside.

「In these times, it’s good to immerse yourself in hobbies」

Was what my best friend said.

「Ok, Haruto, listen well, when you get rejected, you either find a new woman, or you immerse yourself in your hobbies, that way you’ll forget about it quickly」

I never thought I’d go out with anyone anyways, but I’m thankful for my best friend’s advice.

I’ll treat him to some ice cream next time.

“Well then, for the first time in a while I think I’ll upload a novel or song. I have a lot of time anyways.”

Fortunately I have a lot of hobbies, so I decided I’ll immerse myself as much as I want during this summer break.

I’ll upload all the novels I’ve been piling up on “Shousetsuka ni nachaou!(Let’s become a novelist!)” or “Nachaou” for short.

“Since it’s already become like this. Let’s steadily increase my stock”

I forgot time and immersed myself in writing novels.

“Fuu, as expected immersing yourself in things you like is fun.”

At first I kept getting depressed thinking about Hiiragi-san while I worked, but once I started focusing on my work, I completely forgot about her.

Since I liked creating things since a long time ago, I’ve been writing novels since I was in middle  school and even studied how to make music.

For my own self-satisfaction I even uploaded my work on Nachaou, but once I finished my novel, I got busy with my entrance exam and I haven’t even opened the website in a while.

This time, I opened it for the first time in a while and was relieved to see my account was still there.

“Ok, I was able to upload 1 chapter a day for the entire month!”

Once I set up the scheduled uploads, I breathed out.

“It’s already 2am in the morning, that was quick”

Since I’m getting sleepy, let’s go to sleep for today.

Tomorrow let’s make a song for the first time in a while.

When I went to sleep, Hiiragi-san was not even on my mind.